Website profile

The Conversation

An independent nonprofit news source, giving you the context to understand complicated issues. Articles are written by experts, assisted by journalists, to clearly explain events in the news and the latest research. An independent nonprofit news source, giving you the context to understand complicated issues. Articles

  • 817articles · 30d
  • 1+ day agolatest article
  • Aug 13, 2026earliest in window
  • 91%with images
  • 309avg words
articles per day
Categories
  • Politics 223
  • Politics2 150
  • Science & Nature 135
  • News 133
  • Medical 123
  • People & Society 115
  • Health & Wellness 113
  • Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Media 103

Please confirm you are human

This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.

A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.

Hold with a pointer, or hold Space or Enter.

News

The Conversation
theconversation.com > why-health-insurance-cuts-for-the-over-65s-wont-swamp-public-hospitals-after-all-291252

Why health insurance cuts for the over-65s won’t swamp public hospitals after all

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (688+ words) Government critics say changes to health insurance rebates will strain the public health system. But the evidence shows the impact might not be what you think....

The Conversation
theconversation.com > reform-wasnt-meant-to-be-easy-heres-how-the-battles-for-medicare-and-child-support-defeated-vested-interests-290249

Reform wasn’t meant to be easy. Here’s how the battles for Medicare and child support defeated vested interests

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (692+ words) Ideas are cheap. Getting major reforms through is the hard part, but we’ve done it before....

The Conversation
theconversation.com > what-happens-when-your-hospital-is-also-your-insurance-company-were-starting-to-see-the-effects-284637

What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1092+ words) Historically, hospitals have provided care for people, while separate insurers have paid for that care. During the past two decades, however, this arrangement has changed. Today, nearly 1 in 3 hospitals also own insurance plans – putting them on both sides of the…...